Lymphatics/lymph node imaging at UPMC Jameson

1211 Wilmington Avenue, New Castle, PA · UPMC · · NPI 111471575

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$753.00

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,255.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$149.50 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $1,238.44 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $149.50 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $198.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicaid $203.40 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $219.03 ↓ -71%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $234.02 ↓ -69%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $250.18 ↓ -67%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $306.76 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $413.48 ↓ -45%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $439.94 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Commercial $461.84 ↓ -39%
Humana Medicare $513.18 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Medicare $513.18 ↓ -32%
Aetna of PA Medicare $513.18 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $534.84 ↓ -29%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $535.86 ↓ -29%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $554.18 ↓ -26%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $554.23 ↓ -26%
Cigna Medicare $554.23 ↓ -26%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $554.23 ↓ -26%
Occunet Commercial $641.48 ↓ -15%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $670.82 ↓ -11%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $941.25 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $1,004.00 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $1,104.40 ↑ +47%
Cigna Commercial $1,238.44 ↑ +64%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Lymphatics/lymph node imaging at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $769.20 $130.00 – $1,025.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,574.40 $170.30 – $2,230.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,177.80 $189.00 – $1,570.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,574.40 $170.30 – $2,230.40
UPMC East Monroeville $1,978.20 $198.00 – $2,637.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,242.60 $198.00 – $700.71
UPMC Northwest Seneca $691.20 $198.00 – $538.84
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,574.40 $170.30 – $822.74

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